Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

'Industries Are Fairly Bullish About Hiring Freshers'

'The noise that we are hearing is because the five big IT players are not hiring significantly.' IMAGE: Doctors protest demanding recruitment opportunities in Bhubaneswar. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Time to speak up: What women want from elections

Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......

Economic Challenges In Poll-bound States

The next government in these states may find it tough to push economic growth through long-term reforms, which would be necessary. IMAGE: Limca Book Of Records holder Dharmendra Agarwal spreads......

Nearly 90% companies planning salary hikes in 2021

Among the sectors, the survey has projected IT, pharma and life sciences, and ITeS among those looking to effect the highest increase in salaries. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In what......

How We Can Create Millions Of Jobs

'Three manufacturing sectors can create jobs by the million: Apparel, food, and electronic assembly.''Let's talk to them and ask them what it would take to scale by a factor of ten,' suggests......

Why wages in India will rise by just 2%

Employees in India can expect to see their pay increase by an average of 11 per cent in 2014, though after factoring in inflation, the rise would be just 2 per cent, according to the latest Salary......

India to see highest salary hikes in APac

India is expected to see the highest salary increases among nations in the Asia-Pacific region, of around 10.8 per cent this year, due to the huge demand for talent in the country, despite the......